Missing snap-ins from MMC

I recently upgraded the OS on my file server to Windows Server 2008 SP2. I went to setup an "ADUC Consule" using MMC; however, when I clicked to "add Snap-in", it opened the list of snap-ins, but there were none of the Active Directory snaps (ADUC, etc).

There is some issue about permissions I think. I am logging on with a "adm" account which is a member of "Domain Admins", and "Domain Admins" is a member of the local "Administrators" - so I should be able to do everything on the box. Most often I have to run everything "Run As Administrator" through the "Run" line to get full functionality of certain apps like the File Server Resource Manager. Otherwise I don't see all of the functions. Is there a way to make everything work without turning off the UAC?

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